Closet-seat.



D. A. BBINGER CLOSE-T SEAT.

ArPLIoATIoN'PILBD 00T. 11, 1907.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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DAVID EBINGER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE COLUMBUS HEATING AND VENTILATING COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

cLosE'r-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 1.1, 1907. Serial No. 396,877.

Patenteareb. 2, 1969.

has for its object the provision of a device of y this character constructed in such manner that it will be effectually protectedvagainst moisture and will be strengthened and braced against cracking and warping.

Furtherr objects and advantages ofthe invention will be s et forth in the detailed description which now follows. v

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section through a closet having this improved closet seat mounted thereon, Fig. 2 is a plan view of said seat with certain of the parts broken away, and, Fig. 3 is a detail pers ective view looking at the underside of the c oset seat.

Like numerals designate` corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5V designates the closet bowl. Strips v6 rest upon the edge members of thebowl and haveopenings 7 formed therein. The closet seat 8 is preferably made of wood and a metallic plate 9 which conforms to the shape of the seat and Which has an opening 10 formed therethrough `which Y conforms in Shape and registers with the openingsll ofthe seat, is

secured to the underside of said seat by screws 12. Lugs 13 formed upon this plate are adapted to` enter the openings 7 of the strips 6 to hold the closet seat in position.

Since the stri s 6 rest upon the edges 14 of the bowl, it follows that the edges 14 lie slightly below the up er faces of the strips and open spaces wou d therefore exist between the undersides -of the metallic plate 9 and the up er faces of the edges 14 of the bowl. To c ose this space to therebyprevent the passage of fumes from the bowl therethrough, ribs 15 are formed upon the underside ofthe plate, said ribsbeing preferably cast integral with the plate. When the closet seat that a* metallic is placed in position, these ribs rest upon the upper faces .of the bowl edges 14 and not only aid in supporting the seat, but close said spaces. Y

I amV aware of the fact that wooden closet seats have been provided, braced with metal to prevent the said seats from warping and 1 cracking'when subjected to moisture. So far as I am aware,however, all efforts inthis direction have been directed toward merely bracing the seat and I am not aware of the fact plate which conforms to the shape of the closet seat and which completely covers the underside of said closet seat to protect the seat against moisture, has ever been employed. This plate not only protects the seat against moisture, but so braces and strengthens it in every direction,

as to effectually prevent any tendency of the seat to warp or crack. I therefore claim: 1. Thecombination with a latrine closet -of a seat adapted to rest loosely thereon said of a seat adapted to rest loosely thereon,

said seat comprising a wooden body portion and a metallic plate conforming to the shape of said body portion and entirely covering the bottom of the seat said plate having a pair of integral ribs cast thereon, said ribs lying between upstanding portions of the latrine closet to prevent endwise movement of the seat, and tenons also integral with said plates, said tenons entering recesses formed in said upstanding portions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. DAVID A. EBINGER. Witnesses:

FRANK G. CAMPBELL,

L. CARL STOUGHTON. 

